Lao Fan easily guessed Li Yuanhao's strategy, but it was not that Lao Fan Zhizhu was in charge.

But Li Yuanhao can only do this.

First, Zhao Jun has already told Fan Zhongyan that Li Yuanhao did this in history.

Second, through analysis and observation, it will be found that Li Yuanhao actually has no extra choice at all.

In the Song-Xia War, the Song State made it clear that it was a shrinking defense to fight the consumption of national strength.

If it is the Liao State, it must be a battalion step by step, the army presses in, encroaches on the border of the Great Song Dynasty, also builds a city wall, and the two armies face each other.

In this way, it is to suppress people with momentum, and what is fought is the foundation of both sides, and then only then can the army fight for combat strength.

At that time, the Liao State also had cities and garrisons on the border, and it was convenient to transport grain and grass supplies, so they could continue to send cavalry to fight behind enemy lines, destroy the logistics supply of the Song army, and complete the national victory.

But Xixia can't do it.

The population of Western Xia was only three million at its peak, and now it has not reached its peak, and the population is only one or two million. How to supply food and grass?

So the only thing Li Yuanhao could do was to take a sword out of the edge, shoot a shot to change places, find the weak points of the Song army, launch a sneak attack, and retreat immediately after a successful blow.

And knowing Li Yuanhao's playing style is much simpler, from the map, just like God's perspective, you can clearly see that the first is Qin Fenglu, which is the place where Li Yuanhao can't even think of hitting with his toes.

Qinfeng Road site west to the later Xining, east to Lanzhou, is the later Gansu Tianshui area, hit here high mountains and dense forests, the road is far away, logistics supply difficulties, can not run long distance.

The second thing you can choose is Yan'an Mansion on Yanyan Road, at that time, the Suide army had not yet been placed, so the border was all Yanzhou. But this place has been built into an iron bucket by Lao Fan, a beacon tower in ten miles, a fortress in twenty miles, and Yanzhou City is as solid as a rock.

As for Huanqing Road, it is the same, Fan Zhongyan appointed his friend Teng Zongliang as the deployment of Huanqing Road, Cao Cong as the head of the Ma Bu Army of Huanqing Road, and Zhao Zhen as the deputy head of Huanqing Road, and Chong Shiheng as the deployment of Huanzhou.

These people strictly followed his orders and took precautions.

Therefore, in Lao Fan's eyes, Li Yuanhao has only Jingyuan Road to choose from.

But Jingyuan Road is actually a trap, the periphery seems to be empty, there are almost not many pillboxes, beacon towers, but Lao Fan is very insidious in the Zhenrong Army, Deshun Army, Weizhou area, almost in the Liupan Mountain area of Guyuan City in later generations, build a large number of fortresses.

In this way, the area of the Western Xia army will immediately be restrained by countless fortresses, and at this time, the reinforcements from Huanqing Road will be able to make dumplings for the Western Xia army immediately.

Yuan Hao obviously knew this, so he attacked the east and west, wanting to sneak attack the empty Huanqing Road after sending reinforcements. However, Fan Zhongyan had predicted Yuan Hao's prediction, and he had already understood the other party's thoughts, so naturally he didn't have many concerns.

Now that the pattern of catching turtles in the urn has appeared, and Huanqing Road has become an urn, who is the person who catches the turtle?

Fan Zhongyan's gaze shuttled between the many generals under his hands.

He currently has a privy envoy Wang Deyong under him, Wang Deyong is a veteran, and it will definitely be no problem to send him over.

But Wang Deyong is really old, he is 60 years old this year, and he is only suitable for being a rear commander, and it is still not good to go to the front line in person.

Second, Lao Wang had a high prestige in the army, and according to the Song Dynasty's system of suppressing generals, he could no longer personally lead the army to fight.

In addition to Wang Deyong, there are only Liu Ping, deputy head of Yan Road, Ren Fu, deputy head of Ma Bujun of Yan Road, Shi Yuansun, deputy head of Yan Road, Wang Zhongbao under the jurisdiction of Linfu Road soldiers and horses, and Xu Huaide and other generals.

The rest of Di Qing, Guo Zun, Zhou Mei, Zhe Jimin, Zhang Qi, Wang Xin, Fan Ke and others were actually only lower-level officers at this time, such as patrol envoys, Du Yuhou and the like, and they did not have the ability to lead an army alone.

In addition, Li Shibin, the governor of the Jinming Zhai Department, Sang Yi, the supervisor of the Yanyan Road Soldiers and Horses, Ma Huaide, the Yanzhou Soldiers and Horses, and Miao Jing, the Yanzhou Soldiers and Horses, belonged to the middle-level generals.

The rank of generals in the Song Dynasty was chaotic, and the upper and lower commands were not clear, but on the whole, they were graded up and down by the deployment of the capital (the head of the capital), the deployment of the deputy capital (deputy head of the city), the deployment, the deputy deployment, the jurisdiction of the emperor, the prison, and the capital prison.

This time, it is very important to lead the troops to Huanqing Road to attack Yuan Hao, and it is inevitable to send a general. Liu Ping, as the transfer envoy of Dunyan Road and the deputy head of Dunyan Road, has the highest position, and it is appropriate for him to go.

But Fan Zhongyan considered that Zhao Jun had told him about Liu Ping's terrible command, so he pressed this idea.

If it weren't for Liu Ping's background, and in history, he fought to the death in the Battle of Sanchuankou, protected Yanzhou, and did not surrender to the enemy, Lao Fan would have wanted to transfer him away.

Liu Ping is not suitable, Ren Fu and Shi Yuansun are not very good, and these two have also been defeated in history.

Wang Zhongbao and Xu Huaide are good.

But Huanqing Road must be protected, and Yanzhou must also be generalized, and the two of them are now responsible for the defense of the north of Yanzhou, and they are transferred away, and the Anlong Village and Yongping Village in the north of Yanzhou will be empty.

So Fan Zhongyan thought about it, and suddenly remembered a person, who is now the governor of Yanzhou and deploys Zhang Kang.

Historically, this person was under the jurisdiction of the soldiers and horses of Jingyuan Road.

Zhao Jun later mentioned him when he talked to Lao Fan about the Song-Xia War, saying that this person was more brave and attacked Western Xia many times, so that Western Xia did not dare to enter the customs.

The most important thing is that aside from Zhao Jun's mention of this factor, Zhang Kang's own resume is also quite powerful.

He is a Jinshi in the second year of Tianxi, although he was born as a Jinshi, but he likes the military, and in the Tiansheng year, he took the initiative to ask for a general sentence for the Zhenrong Army.

also once when Li Deming died, he spoke to the emperor and put forward an early warning suggestion, telling the court that Li Yuanhao was very likely to rebel and suddenly attack the Great Song Dynasty, hoping that the court would prepare early.

And also on more than a dozen chapters of strategic advice.

From here, it shows that Zhang Kang had foreseen the rebellion of Western Xia, and was a talented person who was capable of writing and martial arts, and was full of strategy.

Therefore, the year before last, Fan Zhongyan took office in the northwest, and transferred Zhang Kang, the governor of the Ansu Army at that time, to transfer it from Zhizhou on the Liao-Song border to Zhizhou on the Song-Xia border, and granted a certain military authority to deploy for Yanzhou.

However, Zhang Kang did not attend the meeting at this time.

Because this month, Pang Ji sent a batch of grain and grass from the rear, and Xue Xiang, the governor of Yanzhou, was responsible for sending it to Yanzhou, and Zhang Kang, as the governor of Yanzhou, must personally lead the troops to respond.

After feeling that Zhang Kang was suitable as the general of the army, Lao Fan did not hesitate, and immediately arranged for Liu Ping to pick up the grain and grass and exchange Zhang Kang back.

Following.

Zhang Kang hurried back from Ganquan County, south of Yanzhou.

Outside Yanzhou City, Fan Zhongyan was already waiting for him.

This morning, he received a letter from Huanqing Road to appease the governor Lu Shouqin and inspect Liu Huaizhong, saying that Yuan Hao was attacking Jiao Zhai.

At that time, on the side of Huanqing Road, Chong Shiheng was stationed in Tongyuan, which was very close to Zhenrong, so if Huanqing Road supported Jingyuan Road, it could only be Chong Shiheng.

Teng Zongliang, Cao Cong, and Zhao Zhen, as the highest civil and military governors of Huanqing Road, were stationed in Anhua City, Gyeongju.

It was farther away from the security army than from Yanzhou, so Lu Shouqin, the guard general of Jintang City on the front line, and Liu Huaizhong, the guard of Jiao Zhai, naturally sent the news to Yanzhou as soon as possible.

Knowing that Li Yuanhao came so quickly, Fan Zhongyan didn't dare to slack off, and waited for Zhang Kang to come back while organizing the army that had been prepared long ago.

At this moment, outside the city, forty-year-old Zhang Kang galloped all the way to the pavilion outside the southern city, turned over and dismounted, walked in front of Fan Zhongyan and arched his hand: "Xianggong, is it urgent to summon the officials back?" ”

"Not bad."

Fan Zhongyan said: "Yuan Hao Koubian, to feint to attack Jingyuan Road, actual attack on Huanqing Road, at this moment the battle situation is urgent, you must immediately lead the army forward." ”

"The subordinate officer receives the order!"

Zhang Kang felt that his eyes were bright, he had been a civil official for so many years, but his favorite thing was to be a general.

Even though he served as an official at the border many times, he did not personally lead troops to fight after all.

Now the opportunity has finally arrived.

Although Fan Zhongyan knew that he was a fierce man in history, he didn't dare to take it lightly, but admonished: "Although you have many officials on the border, this is the first time to lead troops, you still have to be careful." ”

Zhang Kang said: "Please rest assured, the lower officials will definitely live up to the trust of the minister." ”

"yes, okay."

Fan Zhongyan said in a deep voice: "Yuan Hao has a lot of internal responses in our army, and he must know that the brigade is dispatched." Therefore, I can only send 8,000 cavalry to Ling, these are the elite knights I have trained in the past two years, during which Di Qing, the commander of Yanzhou, Zhang Yu, the inspector of Linfu, and the inspector of Linfu Road, Zhi Jimin, are all elite soldiers I brought from Bianliang, and you can reuse them. ”

"Yes."

"Okay, the soldiers are fast, don't slack off, set off immediately."

"Yes."

After Zhang Kang got down, he immediately went west to Fulong Mountain according to Fan Zhongyan's instructions.

Because Li Yuanhao had too many internal responses in the Northwest Frontier Army, Fan Zhongyan did not dare to let the soldiers set off during the day, so he could only go out of the camp last night.

Now that he has arrived at Fulong Mountain in the west of Yanzhou, when Zhang Kang arrives, he can immediately set off to help Jiao Zhai and Jintang City.

Strictly speaking, Yanzhou is actually very close to the security army, the security army belongs to the Yanyan Road, and the Dingbian army belongs to the Huanqing Road, and in terms of geographical location, the Yanzhou reinforcements are faster than Gyeongju.

Not to mention cavalry.

Zhang Kang led 8,000 cavalry, all of whom were cavalry pitchers patrolled by Fan Zhongyan, each carrying a few grenades around his waist.

The Great Song Dynasty has been preparing for so many years, and the Firearms Division has reduced the manufacture of the rest of the firearms, making every effort to build grenades, and according to Zhao Jun's instructions, Zeng Gongliang is developing artillery.

It's just that artillery is much more dangerous than grenades after all, and the consequences of a single explosion may be several casualties, so progress is relatively slow.

But the presence of grenades is already an epoch-making thing.

At this moment, the battle on the side of the security army is fierce, Li Yuanhao does not know that Yanzhou will rush to help, so he actually fights the Dingbian army, as long as he transfers Chong Shiheng away and breaks through the Dingbian army, he can threaten Huanzhou.

However, it is precisely because Yanzhou will rush to the aid that Li Yuanhao must concentrate the main force to take down the security army first and block the reinforcements from Yanzhou, so that he can march to Huanzhou.

At that time, Chong Shiheng will definitely return to Huanzhou to defend, and Li Yuanhao will be able to surround the point and send reinforcements to attack the reinforcements on Yanyan Road and Huanqing Road.

In history, he did this, Sanchuankou, Haoshuichuan, and Dingjunzhai surrounded Yanzhou, Huaiyuan, and Liu Liaobao respectively, lured the Song army to help, set up ambushes three times, and defeated the Song Dynasty three times, so that the Song Dynasty was forced to sign a treaty and recognize the founding of the Western Xia as emperor.

If you stand outside the city and look south, you will not see the endless plains or towering mountains, but the undulating hills.

This is the Loess Plateau, it is the beginning of spring, those highest less than 100 meters, the short hills and hills are only a few meters like waves, like a towering tree extending out of the luxuriant branches and leaves, although not as plain as a thousand miles, but also magnificent, with its own northwest scenery.

Li Yuanhao rode on horseback and stood on a high slope four or five miles northeast of the village, looking at the southeast.

The howling west wind was fierce, and the military flag was blown in the wind.

In the southwest of him, the 30,000 Western Xia army was storming the village, and the brave and warlike Western Xia army let out a wolf-like howl, climbed up by the wooden ladder, and the two outer walls had been lost.

However, although Liu Huaizhong, the defender of the village, only had 5,000 people, his will to fight was still very tenacious, and he fought to the death with the Western Xia army with the camp.

Li Yuanhao can be said to be pouring into the nest this time, more than 100,000 troops, in the direction of Jingyuan Road, about 40,000 people led by the general Yeli Yuqi to make a feint, and in the direction of Jintangcheng, Yeli Wangrong led 20,000 people to attack, and he himself led 30,000 people to take the village directly, and there were about 30,000 people in the rear.

In this way, even if the Song army came to help quickly, he could retreat immediately, with the men and horses in the rear. Once the Song army reinforcements arrived, and the village and Jintang City were broken, then he could block the Yanzhou reinforcements in the east, and the main force would directly kill the Huanzhou.

I have to say that as one of the protagonists of the Song-Xia War, Li Yuanhao is indeed shrewd and capable, and this whole set of tactical designs is linked one by one, if you encounter Fan Yong's goods, it is estimated that Yanzhou will be in danger at this time.

However, there are also gaps in the Fan family.

Fan Zhongyan is much stronger than Fan Yong, and he has long figured out Yuan Hao's strategy, not only sent secret troops, but also quickly mobilized soldiers and horses in the direction of Gyeongju and Wonju to launch a counterattack.

By noon, the village was already crumbling, from the day before yesterday, the Western Xia army stormed, Liu Huaizhong repeatedly fought desperately, repelled the enemy's attack, but the gate gradually lost, so he had to simply use some gunpowder and grease in the army reserves, burned the front gate, retreated to the back village.

Before sunset, it was estimated that the village was about to be breached, and at this time, Li Yuanhao saw the southwest direction, and the dust and smoke were billowing out. There are few trees on the Loess Plateau, so standing on a high place to see very far away, the smoke and dust are at least ten miles away, and it is estimated that it will take half an hour to arrive.

"Song army reinforcements arrived, so fast."

Li Yuanhao frowned, and then said, "Go and ask Congshun how long it will take to break through." ”

"Yes."

The cavalry hurried over.

Congshun's full name is Congshun, and he is Li Yuanhao's brother.

At present, Li Yuanhao is watching the entire situation on the mountain and making overall plans, and the front line is in charge of Wei Ming's obedience.

Soon the soldier came back and reported: "The general has broken through the front village of the Song army, and now he is attacking the back village, and it can be broken before dark." ”

"Rubbish!"

Li Yuanhao was furious, "A small village has not been entered for three days!" ”

Cavalry Nono did not dare to speak.

However, it is useless to be angry now, at this time the Song army is attacking, and it is seen that the village is about to be breached, and now the withdrawal of the army is naturally a failure.

So after a little hesitation, Li Yuanhao immediately reined in his horse and went down the mountain and began to gather soldiers to prepare to defend against the enemy.

At the same time, Zhang Kang galloped all the way with 8,000 cavalry, and Yanzhou to Luzhai was equivalent to Yan'an to Zhidan County in later generations, but it was only more than 90 kilometers, which was not far away.

They set out in the morning and arrived in the afternoon.

Horses don't have stamina, and if they travel long distances, they are actually similar to infantry, and they also need a lot of forage and bean cake to maintain their combat effectiveness.

But short-distance running is the strong point of cavalry, especially Fan Zhongyan, according to Zhao Jun's description, created a horseshoe.

This secret cavalry team, trained and equipped separately, made the Western Xia people know about their existence, but they have no information about them at all, so that even Li Yuanhao did not expect the Song army to support so quickly.

However, he could judge by looking at the smoke and dust in the sky that the number of enemies was not much, he had 30,000 cavalry, and even if he couldn't fight, there was no problem in retreating.

Therefore, taking advantage of the fact that the other party had not yet arrived, Li Yuanhao quickly mobilized about 15,000 troops and began to line up in the wilderness.

After half an hour, Li Yuanhao had already rearranged the team, and he judged that the enemy had rushed all the way to help, and there was no chance to rest, so the combat effectiveness was definitely not strong, so it was better to strike first, and directly attack and catch the opponent off guard.

Do what you want, after Li Yuanhao gathered the troops, he took out the scimitar in his hand, looked at the dense knights behind him, and then turned his head to look at the undulating hills in the distance, and vaguely saw the opponent's vanguard, no longer hesitated, and shouted: "Array, follow me to kill the past!" ”

"Kill, kill, kill!"

The Western Xia army let out a howl that pierced the sky, and many party members kept shouting all kinds of strange shouts from their mouths, and then slapped their legs on the horse's belly fiercely, and headed towards the east.

At this time, Zhang Kang had already arrived on the hillside less than five miles away from the village, and the Song army had already appeared on the hillside where Li Yuanhao was standing just now, and the Song army all over the mountains formed several formations and occupied several small hills around.

They are indeed very tired now, although it is only a day's journey, and the horses also have horseshoes to ensure that their feet are not injured, the problem is that the consumption of knights and horses is still very large, and many soldiers and horses are gasping for breath, looking at the Western Xia army in the distance, almost paralyzed on the ground from exhaustion.

At this time, they had already seen the mighty Western Xia army swarming towards this place in the distance.

In history, Liu Ping, Shi Yuansun, Ren Fu, Ge Huaimin and others were defeated like this.

So why did Zhang Kang do this, knowing that such an attack would cause his soldiers to be tired?

I saw him looking at the attacking Western Xia army, his eyes remained calm, and he kept drinking the soldiers occupying the surrounding hills and hills, condescending.

Almost as the Western Xia army galloped and was about to rush up the gentle slope of the small hills, he let the herald blow the horn.

"Woooooooooo

The desolate horn pierced the sky, and the soldiers of the Song Army felt something from their waists, and after it sounded, they suddenly threw it down the mountain!

Show the Xixia Army a big baby!

(End of chapter)